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Old 10th Nov 2020, 12:55 am   #82
SiriusHardware
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Default Re: Ridiculous thoughts and ideas from a young age

A friend of mine had a hand-me-down train set which was what I now know to be Hornby-Dublo - tinplate track with three rails, which baffled me even at that young age because three rails obviously wasn't right, and his controller was one like yours.

My first train controller was the next generation Hornby-Triang job, black top and sides, large red knob on a sloping aluminium front with a small cutout button immediately above the control knob.

I love model railways but even the biggest rail fan would admit that a basic train set with an oval or even a circle of track is one of the dullest toys imaginable and just cried out for the sort of customisation and experimentation we have all been talking about here, so it's little wonder that we tried to 'enhance' them in various ways.
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